Coelogyne: culture of your choice

From a space so vast that it is found in southeast Asia, China and even the islands of the Pacific. The Coelogyne has nearly 200 different species, these can be either cold culture as well as hot, check for purchase. Their leaves are 12 to 60 cm and flowers from 3 to 10, we can enumerate 1 to 10. Can grow in a rainforest as well that at 2000 meters above sea level, the orchid Coelogyne are divided into cold and hot orchid. The former have a winter of rest, to stand without too much damage this time of drought make sure that the pseudobulbs are properly inflated, it means they have enough nutrients for the future, while orchids growing hot n 'have any. The cold Coelogyne cristata support such as a temperature of 2 ° C to 13 ° C during the rest period and 15 ° C to 25 ° maximum period of great growth. Finally Coelogyne hot, such as speciosa and smell of caramel and chocolate, will not tolerate less than 15 ° C. The humidity should be around 70% for both crops. For watering, nothing like the rain, for cons, if you live in town, do not take the first 15 minutes of rain, as it "washes" the air. Watering should be very abundant during the growing season, and there the two cultures has this period, this is the time of the leafs. Water less in winter in both cases as it would be too easy to drown the roots or to rotting if you do not need aeration to cool the culture, it is to give him respite from the flowering. About ventilation, especially not confuse this with the air currents, the Coelogyne orchids are among those that will make you understand that they do not like it. Repotting will be held every two years for the younger, and every year after flowering, which takes place in winter for "adult". Attention in hybrids, flowering occurs from late spring to early summer, then customize to stop the distribution of fertilizers based on this period of rest and specific growth. To see them bloom, protect them from direct sunlight in summer and give them plenty of light and until after flowering.